If I Were Young Again

IF I WERE YOUNG AGAIN If I were young again I'd still be too shy to try With the girl I longed for from a distance- I still would be hidden in my books Unable to move much in the world - I'd still be confused trying to understand it all Hoping that somehow I would read my way to knowing everything- If I were young again I would have the same failings The same hesitations - I'd think I was racing ahead While falling behind - I'd still have my envies my lusts I would still be only a small part of all I hoped to be I would still be my only one small self in a world with so much 'somebody else'-